Another Typical Drug Seeking ER Visit

another installment to the Typical ER Patient series

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• xtranormal
• ER
• patient
• drugs

[daprez1963]

In case you missed these comment earlier....here it is again.

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In a nutshell...A physician faces life in prison, for drug & health care fraud charges. Doctor Robert Bourlier operated "Internal Medicine" on Hwy98.

He was convicted of 17 counts of health care fraud & over one hundred counts of unlawful dispensing of controlled substances.

He prescribed drugs to patients that were not needed, & two of his patients died from it.

[BKHENRY1]

bitch forgot to ask to talk to a patient advocate

[wuzzittoya]

It is sad that there are people out there like that. They make life HELL for the rare chronic pain patient who goes to the ER. I have pain that is adequately managed for the most part. However, the times it DOES get out of control I NEVER have gone to the ER. I couldn't take the possible shame of being treated like I was one of THOSE people when I have a valid, painful illness that I have managed with my PCP for several years now. :(

[iatrogenicsteve]

@daprez1963 If the medical system inducted these patients in tot the heathcare system, ala Obamacare, there wouldn't be so much entertainment in the ER.

[Froglady7778]

Obviously you people that do not think this is funny don't work in the ER. We have so many people like this abusing the system 10-20 times per week (for the same patient). This is how it is and because of it- we are paying for it in our tax dollars.

[RandomishDude]

really...her name i frequent flyer?... i stopped watching at that part.

[daprez1963]

@iatrogenicsteve I am not sure I have seen anyone prescribe weed as a choice in the ER setting. Sure, there are MDs out there that do....money talks for some. you also see some MDs get throw in prison too. ask MJ's doctor. get injured and need pain control, we get the ball rolling and hand off to your PMD. Need meds for a continued chronic pain from an injury you suffered years ago, go to a pain MD, not the ER. we treat injuries, not pain med appetites.

[daprez1963]

@iatrogenicsteve what is pitiful is actual pain caused by the misuse of healthcare system. we r not legal drug dealers. the waiting room & er exam rooms r 4 legit people w/ actual pain from recent injury. not back pain from 10 yrs ago. we're no longer allowed in Florida 2 prescribe pain medication for chronic pain since we're not registered w/ the state & is now illegal 4 us 2. that is up 2 a pain management doctor who is. lawmakers are getting tough on these issues.

[iatrogenicsteve]

@alnewberry anyone with nine kids either needs to know about contraception, abortion or sexual restraint

[iatrogenicsteve]

@keliciousify I find all this uproarious humor directed at other's misfortune - people who really experience pain - pitiful

[iatrogenicsteve]

@daprez1963 You write this as if it's an indictment of doctors when the problems are the patients and DEA policies. In terms of Medical Standards of Practice, pain can't be objectified no matter what records are presented. And prescription medications aren't always well-suited or appropriate to the patient; this doesn't necessarily the doctor knew or intended it to be so.

[iatrogenicsteve]

@daprez1963 I'm sick of the hypocrisy of marijuana being freely given to non-pain people from licensed physicans giving medical marijuana evaluations to anyone who can answer a few prompts. And on the other hand, real chronic pain patients requiring the legitmate use of opioids have the impossibly difficult burden of dealing with these social stigmas, oppressive law enforcement and fearful doctors.